Edit: Well, it apparently didn't like my line breaks even after I edited it... x_x

Anyhow, I don't own Chrome Shelled Regios or any of its characters, but I do own all of the new ones being added in. You probably won't see much of any of Chrome Shelled Regios' characters since this is the second generation, but hey, I might add them in every now and then.

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"So where are you headed to now?" Leerin Marfes asked Layfon as he gave her one last hug before heading off on a roaming bus, having completed his final year at Zuellni Academy.

"I don't know yet, Leerin" He stated simply, running a hand through his hair briefly before turning away from her. "I might return to Glenden one day, it depends on where this bus takes me." And with that, the child prodigy who was no longer a child left on a roaming bus towards an unknown city.

-20 years later…-

"Akira, wait up a bit!" I shouted angrily. My twin brother was not being very helpful as he ran ahead of me, leaving me in the dust. I sighed as he waved back at me, waiting for me to catch up to him.

"Lyra, we're going to be late if you don't hurry up!" He told me excitedly. Ever since father had told us about the wonders of Zuellni we both have been waiting for the day that we were able to go to the academy. And mother didn't disagree, for our parents had met each other there.

It was then that I noticed the other students around us and all of the older ones trying to recruit members for their platoons. "Do you think we'll get on the same platoon as mother and father were on?" I asked Akira, slightly nervous since both of us were entering into the military arts program of Zuellni.

Akira shrugged, "I don't know, they might not even have a 17th platoon anymore, and if they do, it might already be full. Besides, I want to branch out, I don't want to be on the same squad as them or be shadowed by their reputations, you know what I mean?"

A young man noticed us standing on the sidelines and approached us. "Hey, what are your names?" He asked us politely, holding out a hand. "I'm Aero Karich, in case you were wondering," he winked at me and I blushed slightly.

Akira, annoying brother that he was took a slight step in front of me and took Aero's hand. "I'm Akira, and this is my twin sister Lyra."

I rolled my eyes, "I can introduce myself Akira," I mumbled glaring at him as I took Aero's hand.

"I see you haven't been placed on a squad yet…" Aero began with a smile. "So, would either of you be interested in joining the 13th squad? We could definitely use some extra members, if you're interested that is."

I nodded my agreement, before looking over at Akira who looked torn. "We don't need to be on the same squad Akira," I said to him. "Father told us that he'd be happy with whatever we chose." I took the badge Aero handed to me and hid a smile as Akira agreed as well.

"Well, I'll find you both after the ceremony then, to show you around our platoon's training area." Aero waved at Akira and me as we walked into the hall.

After the ceremony both Akira and I headed outside to try and find Aero again, after all, he was supposed to show us around where we would be staying and our training area wasn't he?

"Hey, Lyra! Akira! Over here!" I heard Aero's familiar voice shouting our way. I looked towards the direction of the voice and waved when I saw his familiar short blond hair and mischievous brown eyes.

-Akira's POV-

Was it just him, or was that flirtatious new platoon leader of his trying to flirt with his twin sister? He knew that Lyra was beautiful, what, with her long tea-colored hair so similar to their father's and with her blue eyes so similar to their mother's she would definitely make many men envious… but with him around? They had another thing coming. His bright blue eyes darkened with suspicion as he walked right beside his sister, his hands flexing in his pockets as he pretended to casually walk beside Lyra.

-Multi-person POV-

"Stop fidgeting, Akira," Lyra stated with a sigh as she turned her head slightly to look at her brother, her brother who looked so much like their father, or at least the pictures they had of him when he was their age, and from what their mom said. She just hoped that their parents, Layfon Alseif and Nina Antalk, weren't as widely renowned in this city. More than twenty years had gone past since the battle with the contaminoid, and no one had really heard from either of their parent's that much since both of them graduated… But all the same, she didn't want to be overshadowed by her parents, she wanted to be Lyra Alseif, to make a name for herself, just like Akira wanted to be his own self.

"I'm not fidgeting Lyra." Akira stated in a blank tone. "I'm walking, just like you."

"Then why are you clenching and unclenching your fists. You make it seem as if there's going to be a fight right away."

"And what if there is? Shouldn't I be prepared for anything?" His eyes looked at her and she saw the ice in them.

"If you didn't like Aero, then you didn't have to join the 13th platoon, brother." She said looking down at her feet. "Our parents trained us to take care of ourselves, and besides, I wouldn't mind fighting against you in a platoon battle."

Akira remained silent choosing not to reply as they neared Aero.

"What took you guys so long to get here?" The young man, probably only two or three years older than them, asked them as they approached. "Anyhow, this is Aislyn Lero, our nani operator," Aero pointed a young woman with short black hair that was done up in spikes of a sort.

"Pleased to meet you, Lyra and Akira wasn't it?" The young woman stated softly, her voice blank as most of the other nani operators that they had run into in the past.

"Over here is Michael Arok, our dite-mechanic, he makes sure that they all work the way they're supposed to, but he also takes part in combat, Michael's the fan favorite of the 13th so far." He nodded at a tall young man with long-ish red hair that partially covered up his stunning green eyes.

"And here comes Maya Rain, our guns master and lieutenant of the platoon. She's pretty much our strategist, although I get to make the final decisions in any given plan." He pointed at a woman with long red hair and green eyes. Her hair was pulled back into a high ponytail that fell to the middle of her back.

The gorgeous woman gave a slight salute before turning to Aero. "Didn't you say that there were three new members joining our platoon this year?" She asked the blonde-haired man.

"Oh yeah, Shin Hajai has yet to show his handsome face around here as well." Aero said, putting a finger to his chin. Lyra suddenly wondered if Aero was even sane and if she had made the wrong choice to put both herself and Akira in a platoon with him.

"He's on his way over now," Aislyn said mysteriously, pointing over her shoulder with a thumb. "He apologizes for being so late."

Lyra noted that Aislyn was more emotional than many nani operators she had seen working with her parents before. Most of them rarely displayed any type of emotion since they had so much other information going through their brain they had to block out what wasn't essential.

"Sorry I'm late!" Shin, a man with short navy blue hair that barely reached his eyes, panted as he arrived at the group of people. "A couple of military art students started a fight after the ceremony and I was stuck inside for a couple of minutes when the fight was stopped."

"Well you just missed the introductions, but that's Aislyn, Michael, Maya, Akira, and Lyra. We'll give you a proper introduction to all of them later, but for now we need to get this show on the road!" He punched his fist into the air before turning walking away, presumably to where they would be training from now on with the 13th platoon.

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"Well, this is pretty much going to be your home away from home from now on so start mapping out ways to get here from your rooms!" Aero stated after showing them around the platoon's facilities. "Now, how about you show us your strengths? Let's see, what weapons do you three use?"

"I'm most comfortable using a broadsword, but I can start with a normal sword if you'd like," Shin responded first, making everyone look him over again. His stature was so slight, and he used a broadsword as his main weapon?

"That won't be necessary," Michael responded, digging through a box full of dites. "I've run into all kinds of surprises, so we've got one on hand, it's kind of old though, so I don't know how well it will work, but you can give it a try." He tossed the dite to Shin before turning to Lyra, "and you?"

"I work with twin swords, but I also have done some work with a katana," She responded strongly.

"Well, I don't have twin dites on hand, so how about trying this one out for now? I can make you some in a couple of days though for you to work with." He tossed another dite to Lyra, a white one with a red accent.

"I use a normal sword." Akira replied simply, taking the one that Michael handed to him. He was starting to like some of the members of the 13th platoon, although he was wary of all of them, especially Aero.

"Hmm, Michael, would you mind sparring with Shin to start?" Aero asked the interesting mechanic.

"Restoration," Michael stated, a long orange sword appearing in his hands. He then went straight on the offensive, not waiting for Shin to prepare.

Shin dodged while his dite turned into a purple broadsword about the length of Shin's own body. He then met Michael's next attack, catching the long sword easily before swinging his sword to push the other back. He leapt forward; adding some kei to his feet as he effortlessly swung his sword to meet Michael's. They went on for a few minutes until Shin stopped, breathless with a sword at his throat.

Aero whistled, and Maya nodded, her eyes looked thoughtful, as if she were already planning a strategy for the next battle. "Well done there Shin!" Aero stated, patting the younger man on the back. "Next, Akira and Lyra, do you mind pairing up against each other? If you both have trained together I'd like to see how you match up to each other."

Lyra exchanged a glance with her brother before shrugging. "Restoration" she said firmly, feeling the weight of the unusual sword in her grasp. It wasn't a katana, but a shorter sword, similar to a twin sword, but without the matching blade in her other hand. It would do, for now at least.

Akira sighed, "Restoration" as his red and black dite changed into a normal hand-and-a-half sword, about three feet long and lighter than he was used to. But it was very well made, and balanced. He twirled it in his hands for a few seconds before settling himself into a basic stance, his sword held slightly to his right side and tilted towards Lyra. "Your move sis," He said calmly.

Lyra nodded and added a bit of kei to her legs allowing herself speed as she held her sword in one hand. She would have liked to have had a second blade in order to be more detailed with her attacks but she would have to deal with only having one for now. Instead she pulled external kei to her left hand and formed a kei blade, something that could block but wouldn't be able to hold up to much pressure. She feinted with her left hand and threw herself into a downward roll, using her right blade to attack. Her brother met her attack by avoiding the feint and catching her blade in her second attack.

He spun his blade over his shoulder to meet Lyra's sword before shoving her back with his extra strength. He felt her add kei to her right blade and he braced himself for an impact as her sword hit his, smashing through his dite. She didn't reach him with her blade since he had added kei to his legs and jumped backwards, but he sighed as he looked down at the shattered dite in his hands. "That was a faster win than the last time Lyra, and this time you only had one blade." He shook his head.

Lyra simply let her dite restore to its white and red form as she gave a mischievous smile in the direction of her brother.

"Well that was an interesting fight!" Aero stated as he clapped his hands. "Michael, you'll definitely need to do some testing on all three of their kei outputs. Lyra shattered Akira's blade, and Shin practically burned his out with his test with you. We definitely gained three formidable new members to the platoon!"

Michael nodded as he took the dites away from Akira, Lyra, and Shin. He seemed to have a mask over his eyes when he took Lyra's dite away from her but she wondered if she was just imagining things. "Would you three mind staying here for a bit so that I can do some testing on your kei output? If I can figure out what would best suit all of you tonight I can prepare some test dites for you for tomorrow's training while working on the main ones throughout the week. Would that work for you Maya?" He turned to the proclaimed strategist of the team.

"I don't see why that should be a problem, it definitely gives me a chance to begin forming a strategy for our upcoming match." She stated, "If that's all that's left for today, do you mind if I head out? I don't think I'd be much help in testing kei output."

Aero nodded, "sure, if you and Aislyn want to head out for today feel free to do so. Same time tomorrow then, we'll be meeting up here for some training with our newer members. I'll take tonight to plan a course that would be helpful for all of us."

Michael waved his hand, "Aero, you can go as well, you'll just get in the way since you don't know how to work the machinery." He said it in a normal tone, one that stated that he had said similar things to their leader many a time.

"I'll just get in the way will I?" Aero pouted but started heading towards the door as well. "I guess I'll see all three of you here tomorrow after classes then." He waved over his shoulder to them.

"I'll start with Shin, so if you'd take this dite and channel your kei through it…" Michael said, tossing another dite to Shin. "Akira, you should find another dite from this box so that I can test your kei flow, Lyra, your dite seems fine so I'll leave that one for you to test with for now. But if you could take this one as well just so that I can test the maximum kei output you have with two blades…" He tossed her a black dite as well.

Shin took the dite and called it out, letting Michael plug it into a bunch of computers.

Akira turned to Lyra. "Is it just me or does Michael seem a bit cold towards you?" He asked his sister.

Lyra sighed, "Yeah, I noticed that as well, do you think it was because of how I utilized my internal and external kei at the same time? Or was it the fact that I fought just fine with only having one sword that wasn't even a katana?" She hoped her brother could come up with some ideas for her.

Akira shook his head. "I'm starting to think it's because of your abilities. You're strong Lyra, you might not be able to beat dad yet, but you're definitely a threat, and didn't Aero tell us that Michael was the fan favorite of our platoon?"

At that moment, Michael disconnected Shin from the machinery and called Akira towards him. Shin handed his dite to Michael and went to sit next to Lyra.

"So you're Lyra, right?" Shin asked, holding out his hand. "I'd like to properly introduce myself to you, I'm Shin Hajai from Sheniebel."

Lyra took his hand in slight shock. "Oh? That's where my mother's from! We're from Glendan though. And yeah, I'm Lyra, and my brother over there is Akira."

"You're from Glendan? So have you met any of the Heaven's Blades? What are they like?" Shin asked very enthusiastically. "I've heard that one of them, Layfon was it? He actually came here once!"

Lyra fidgeted slightly. "Yeah, I've met a couple of them. They're really powerful and kind of intimidating if you're fighting beside them or training with them." She didn't know whether or not to admit that Layfon was her father but she figured she could let Akira figure that out since he was making his way towards them now.

'He knows we're from Glendan, and he knows about dad, but not that he's our dad, you can figure out how much to tell him now, okay?' She added telepathically as she passed by her brother. Sometimes, being a twin was great, it came with extra perks.

-Lyra's POV-

"I'll just attach these to your swords now, and if you wouldn't mind letting your kei flow through them at maximum power for a few minutes…" Michael stated without even looking at me.

I nodded, not that he was looking, and released my maximum kei through my blades. The room glowed with a white light as my kei surrounded both blades. The black blade looked eerie in my hands with a white glow around it, but I guess it couldn't be helped. Tomorrow I would have two dites like my white and red one while he worked on a prototype for twin swords for me.

"You have a strong external kei flow and you've already shown that you're proficient in internal kei during a fight. Who trained you?" Michael asked as he stared at his screens, measuring my kei.

"I was trained by my mother and father in Glendan." I stated clearly. I was amazed that I wasn't feeling tired at all even though I had been letting my kei flow at maximum power for over a minute.

"Glendan? Nice city, the origin of the military arts and the strongest regios on our planet. So who are your parents?"

'Akira, what do I tell him?' I asked my brother through our link. I didn't want to tell people right away if Akira didn't want me to.

'Go ahead and tell him Lyra, Shin already knows, and I think Aero's taken a guess or two. It doesn't matter anymore, someone would find out someday.' He told me.

I sighed and found Michael looking at me, waiting for an answer. "Sorry, but our parents are Layfon and Nina Alseif. Both of them used to be a part of the 17th platoon over twenty years ago. Our father was returned his Heaven's Blade after he returned to Glendan with Nina; both of them have helped to train us since we were little." I replied, wondering if I had given him too much information too soon.

The look on Michael's face was astonished, slightly at least, but not completely surprised. "I had a thought that your parents would be renowned of some sort, but I didn't think you were related to Layfon, I remember when my mother talked of him, so that's where your strength comes from."

I glared at him slightly, my kei taking a very feint red tinge. "I didn't get all of my strength from him. A lot of it is from my mother as well, and don't you forget that." I always felt that people underestimated my mother; they seemed to only hear my father's name and then left my mother in the background. But that wasn't true, my mother was strong, and she had taught me more than my father did, since he was always busy with his job.

Michael laughed slightly. "I didn't say that you only got your strength from your father, but I don't know much about Nina, my mother never said much about her, and my father never met either of them."

I got my kei back under control and looked at Michael curiously, "So who was your mother?"

"She went by Mayshen Torinden in her time at Zuellni. Your father saved her life once." He stated as he disconnected the cables from my swords. I handed him the dites. "Well, I guess that's it for the night then, you three can go now, I'll see you all tomorrow." He waved me away and I went to join Akira and Shin.

-Extra notes-

Well, so how is this for a completely second generation plot line? Nothing really exciting right now, but it'll get better, at least I hope it will, ^^

Layfon: I have two kids… x_x

Nina: Layfon, please tell me you knew this was coming…

Me: Trust me, I don't think either of you did, but you can stay over in Glendan, you don't get much show time in this fanfic… Well, I might do a couple of letters or something, maybe a couple of side plots? But yeah, you guys won't show up much, ^^